Coach Enric’s Corner

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Coach Enric, founded CPRG in January of 1990. Since then, he has been helping families with solutions to their college planning and funding needs.

Coach Enric is also a USPTA certified teaching pro in tennis. He teaches a group of players from ages 6 through 17 and currently trains and coaches players. He coached the St. Agnes Academy high school team in 2001, St.Laurence School in 2007 and The Village School (Houston, Texas) in 2009 and 2010. On a part time basis, he has been training players since 1996. Tennis is his passion and his effective form of stress release therapy.

This corner reports about news and updates related to college planning, college funding strategies, student-athletes recruiting (in most NCAA sanctioned sports) tax related issues, Title IV related topics and subjects that relates to college funding. Of course, tennis and other sports, both local and elsewhere will be plugged in too. Feel free to visit this page on a regular basis.

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Featured Topics for April 2010:

Tennis News:

CPRG Eagles won USTA Sectionals championship at Newk, New Braunfels, TX
St. Theresa Catholic School start Tennis Program in Fall 2009
CPRG Saints
The Village School Tennis Program
Quick Start Tennis Tournament planned in May 2010
Meet our new players

Fund College Topics:

College funding Webinar
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CPRG Eagles won the SW Houston Junior Team Tennis League in Fall of 2009. The team went to John Newcombe Tennis Ranch in New Braunfels and won the Sectional championship which was held on November 19 to 21. The CPRG Eagles beat all teams in the first round and went on to beat the team from Dallas in the finals. The team members were: Ren an Mirto of Austin HS (FBISD), Paul Nguyen and Remish Halini of Kempner HS, Michele Wo, Amanda Fernando, and Amanda Teiu of Kempner HS. Alex Valdez and Conrad Valdez of Austin HS were the other members of the team, but couldn't make it to New Braunfels. Alex "AJ" Valdez, a HS senior, had a scheduled campus visit at Mary-Hardin Baylor University in Belton, Texas. Conrad, the younger brother, could not play due to USTA rules technicality. I am proud of you all. Congratulations!

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St. Theresa Catholic School (STCS) Tennis Program… Mr. Jonathan Beeson, principal at St. Theresa Catholic School principal, welco med the proposal and took immediate action to start a tennis program at their school. I am glad to learn that some parents were delighted to have tennis as one of the sports being introduced st STCS. Even from a pool of only Pre-K, K and First grade students, a total of 13 children signed up. Thanks to the parents and a few grandparents who volunteered, we had a very good introductory tennis program last Fall. Some tennis talents from St. Theresa CS are now lined up to be future stars! Kudos to all.

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Spring 2010 – USTA Junior Team TEnnis League (JTTL) - CPRG Saints The team members are: Alexandra Pasculado, Adryl "AJ" Gelicana, Rambo Wu, Akhil Jonnalagadda, and Prazwal "Chitchu" Athukuri. Also in the picture are: Amy, Wesley, Weinstein, Srikar, and Lance.

These players find time to practice structured tennis instruction out of their busy academic schedule. Amy, Rambo and Aj are from Kempner HS, Akhil and Srikar from Quail Valley MS (magnet school for science), Alex from Sugar land MS, Chitchu from Sartaria MS, Lance from Barrington Elem., and Wesley and Weinstein from The Village School.

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The Village School fields three teams

For the first time in the Village School's history, the school is participating in the USTA Spring 2010 JTTL. The three teams and players are as follows:

VS Green: Plays in the 18under Flight "A" division – Andrei Bontaneau, Raj Kavadi, Samir Kavadi, Abhilaksh Sundaram, and Thierry Tchenko.

VS White: Plays in the 14under Flight "A" division – Alexis Leite, Ellie Saitoh, Mayank Agrawal, Vikram Seshadri, and Zach Westenhaver.

VS Blue: Plays in the 14under Flight "B" division – Juliette Blackmun, Harini, Ravali, Sanhya, Shivani, Brian Li, Thomas Elrod, and Parin Thakkar.

Coach Enric's future tennis stars…

Our winners in the Quick Start Tennis tournament in Fall of 2009:
Front left to right (front row): Vincent V., Amanda C., Deena S., Gabrielle T., Hernand P., Lance T., Tatiya T., and Christian S.

Back row: Coach Enric, Patty K., Cindy Benzon of USTa-Texas, and Russ K (New Territory)

Meet some of our new players:

Rishi, Avni, Lahya (the highest jumper), Jason, Joan and Alex

College Planning / Tax Topics:

Coach Enric to conduct a webinar about College Planning & Funding in April 2010 Please check mark your calendar. I will have scheduled webinars about "How to create your own scholarships for your children". I have scheduled a few sessions to accommodate more working parents. Please go to the "Join a Webinar" page of this website and register. Being web-based, you can easily participate and listen at the convenience of being at home or in your office. The webinar is 45 minutes of information and education. I hope you can join in.

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